i'm brett haber with your wakeup sports. this is exactly what they had in mind when building the comcast center. it would be so loud and intimidating, the boys would never lose there. trying to get to 14-1, tied at 67. eric hayes over to vazquez for 3. named the naysmith finalist. and then vazquez jumping into the passing lane, and throwing it down. 15 plus 14 times greevus. andre blatche with a beat again. this is his teach mate, nick young throwing it down. he is going to get his name in the paper. the grizzlies taking over after the break. rudy gay putting that up. >>> last night the olympics got a taste of number one's rivalry. last night alex ovechkin did battle for their country. canada romping 7-3. no a point for ovechkin. now they are out. three days since their emotional win, america took on the quarter finals, and it was nearly a loss. but thin the empty went nether, -- empty nether, 2-0. >>> that's 86 feet away, vince carter, can you kidding me? it went in that's the longest- footed plant. ever. either way, that's

i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. it is february and the caps are the number one team in their conference. that's never happened before. nor has it happened they have won 11 games in a row. you can check that off the franchise to do list, as well. caps and bruins last night. theodore riding a personal seven-game win streak, longest of his career and he stood on his head again last night 41 saves. kept the caps in the game early and then the offense took over. semins made it 2-1 in the third and with the boston goalie yanked that is ovechkin and that is cherry picking. caps win 4-1. 11th straight longest winning streak in the nhl in eight years. >> we like to point out dc unit ready the most decorated team with four championships but they have only one won in the last 11 years and that's not sitting well with the toy bush with the boys. down in miami yesterday, the human car wash that is super bowl media day. 2000 reporters forced indoors due to rain. bet that smelled great and then this super bowl idol as the player a

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber.best sports in town. >> all right, steven straesburg may be turning heads with that fastabll. the kid is all about potential. one man remains the fof, face of franchise for the nationals and that is ryan zimmerman. nats third baseman reported to spring training today. zimmerman coming off his best year as a pro by far. 106 ribs. a gold glove, a silver slugger and an all-star appearance. as he enters his fifth year, he likes what the front office has put around him. >> i think, you know, we obviously need to continue to work and get better. we have a good lineup. and stan and mike and those guys have done a great job of making our team better. now it's up to us to improve on what we did last year. >> first man ever to throw a pitch for the nationals is back with the team. signed a free agent deal. beginning his third tour with the nats. he had an era over 5 last year. he is the winningest pitcher in nationals history. >> maryland got into the tournament last year with 18 regular season

my colleague, brett haber is here with me and the conditions outside are just treacherous. >> that'sood word for it. i drove down river road and the streets are not fit for anything besides bobsleds and reign deer. there are massive closings throughout the area. the complete list is scrolling at the bottom of the screen and here are the headlines. pop the corks and pass the tylenol. makes this the snowiest winter on record ever here in washington, d.c. it's done a number on transportation, dulles, and reagan national has suspended today's flights and all flights until further notice. they hope to resume operations, hope to tomorrow. metro is running limited rail service through midnight tonight on below ground service, there is

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> you want to talk about a home court advantage. from 1961 to 1976, the dematha stag in their home gym never lost. it was that building where the coach coached all of his 46 seasons and tonight the door closed. after 60 years tonight the final game at the gym. dozens of alumni coming back to say goodbye, including wooten himself. the staingz went out inside. robinson to naves and then a guy with a little nba pedigree to him. damatha closes the gym with a win. up a couple levels, ilgauskas we hardly knew you. he was released by the wizards today. they al loud him to re-- allowed him to resign with the cavs if he want. karon butler is em broild in straw gaze. everybody has getting a kick out of it. but the nba ruled that he must stop. the league didn't explain why. karon may appeal. the list of things the nationals needed this off season was so long it should have been printed on a scroll, like the one that santa uses with the gifts. but the first item on that list would have been a number-one starter and they got one

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town.n general, teams cringe at the prospect of a three-game road trip, but not this week. the caps setting sail for mon tree yam. and sara walsh reports, packing a back has infer been so enjoyable. > like many folks, the weather had the capitals changing their work schedule to accommodate weather plans. the team practiced earlier than usual, just so they could get the wheels up at dulles airport for an hour and a half flight to mon tree yam, where the weather was expected to be much nicer. >> we would be here to make sure the families get out okay, but it's our job, so we got to go. >> the capitals were packing up, not only for a three-game road trip, but most won't return until after the olympic break. parents won't think it will solve this momentum. >> it will be good for our players, so we can play over there. we will rest two weeks. >> a lot of guys can rest and get more energy. and, i think it's going to help us. >> cavs try to make it 16 straight in montreal tomorrow. it would be the

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> if you are a goalie you bettershort memory. eight months ago jose theodore was an outcast benched in favor of semyon varlamov. not only does he have his job back, he is one of the reasons the caps have won 11 in a row. he stopped 41 of 42 shots, many of them just insane as the 33- year-old won his eighth straight game and reminded us how he played eight years ago when he was mvp of the league. now he has regained the can't starting job and could be the hottest -- the caps starting job and could be the hottest goalie. >> i think we play with confidence right now. >> it's fun to be part of franchise history. >> jose was tremendous, tremendous. he was in a complete zone and i hope it stays because i got to believe he's playing thursday. >> the reason for that is the caps only other healthy goalie isn't healthy anymore. backup michael new wirth out indefinitely out with an upper body injury. >>> what georgetown doesn't have tonight is the definition of a trap game with no. 2 villanova looming on saturday. tonight the h

i'm joined tonight by my colleague, brett haber. >> let's get straight to the latest on this storm. we set records for the most snowfall in a season at all three local airports. >> dc delegate is asking congress to declare a federal emergency for the region. that will free up some money to help the area recover from all this snow. >> we have just learned, literally in the last few seconds that the federal government is closed tomorrow. we've also learned in the last 20 minutes that metro will continue to run underground service tomorrow. all metro bus and metro access service is canceled as well. throughout the night on the bottom of your screen. >> we have crews spread across the region for

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> well, antawn jamison had beenactice yesterday, perhaps he would have hit the shot. but the wizards captain, as you know, was not at practice. he missed his flight. and while in truth, that probably had nothing to do with his miss tonight in honor of my mother, i offered that guilt trip. wizards in charlotte tonight just two nights before the trade deadline. was this karon butler's last game. he show cased himself. wizards down one at the break. it would be tied at 92. turn around fade away in the mug. bobcat by two. so jamison with the last shot. two seconds. and he front rims it at the buzzer. they hit the all star break at 17 and 33 the wizards. meanwhile, the american athletic department did not wait for the snow to start falling to play its hand. the school this afternoon postponing tomorrow night's border war against virginia. it will take place monday now. the university has been closed since friday. start time monday still pending. big win followed by embarrassing loss. that was georgetown's pattern last we

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> well, as the scarecrow saidif you play with fire enough time, you will get burned. after coming back from a three-goal deficit on sunday to beat the penguins, tonight the caps found themselves with another three-goal deficit and they came back again but it wasn't enough. in montreal looking to run the 15 games, caps would be down 5-2 at the start of the third. but here comes the come back. mike greene rips her from the point. his 14th. now it's 5-3. eight minutes later brooks like already with one goal in the game buries his second to make it 5-4. then with 18 seconds left in regulation, caps pull the goalie, get a two-man advantage. kanuble ties the game at five. be go to overtime. -- we go to overtime. it ends. 6-5 final. first loss for the caps since january 12th. the streak over. third longest in nhl history. way to go. college hoops tonight, virginia tech in raleigh. hokies up big. hokies knock off the wolf pack by 20. they're now 19 and 4. the nationals open spring training in eight days. and while they've

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> so it is february and the caps are the number one team in their conference. that's never happened before. nor has it happened that they won 11 games in a row. and you can now check that off the franchise to do list as well. caps and bruins tonight. he stood on his head again tonight. 41 saves. kept the caps in the game early. then the offense took in. 2-1 in the third. and then with boston's goalie yanked, there is alex ovechkin. and, oh, that is just khari picking. -- cherry picking. caps win 4-1. 11 straight. longest streak in nhl in eight years. down in miami today, the human car wash that is superbowl media day. 2,000 reporters forced indoors because of the rain. bet that smelled great. it was time for superbowl idol as the players attempted beyonce's single ladies. >> up in the club, just spoke up, doing my own little thing. >> oh, oh, oh. >> you should have put a ring on it. >> all the single lady, all the single ladies. put your hands up. >> that is proof that you really can't be good at more than one t

i'm brett haber. >>> 0 ahead other stories making news today, driving faster through virginia, the latest on the push to raise the speed limit. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. we're back at 8:55. a live look at arlington, virginia. the roads around the pentagon are moving well this morning. >>> now to other stories making news. an arlington woman is behind bars accused in a double murder. >> the victims were found 24 hours ago in dale city, virginia virginia. the boy's father is 47-year-old natalia wilson's husband. she is charged in their murders. police say they all knew each other. >>> police now confirm morgan harrington was murdered. the body of the virginia tech student was murdered three months after she vanished. still no word on how she died or who killed her. >>> this morning, prince william county is the new deputy executive. after a seven-month search the board of supervisors appointed her on tuesday. she's been serving for the past 11 years. you could soon be legally zooming along

i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. you want to talk about a home court advantage. listen to this. from 1961 to 1976, 15 years the da math that stags never lost in their home gym. in that building the coach loot boothen coached all 46 of their seasons and last night they closed the door on the gym. final game and dozens of alumni came back to say good-bye including wooten himself who addressed the crowd. a state of the art gym will open next year and they sent it out with a w. robinson to david naves for the throw down and then grant, the son of former bullets star harvey grant of dematha closes the gym with a 14-point win over good counsel. >>> up a couple of levels. the veteran seven-footer was released before the played a game here. the two sides agreed on a buyout saving the wizards $1.5 million and allowing him to resign in cleveland in 30 days. >>> butler is embroiled in straw gate. many fans in dc know that he likes to chew on straws, especially mcdonald's straws while he plays. all the guys in dallas, the broadcasters having fun with it now but the nba ruled

i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. if we told you the caps would give up five goals last night you would think it the win streak would end but there are a million ways to win a hockey game and 6-5 is one of them. visiting the rangers last night ovechkin is starting one goal behind. crosby with 36. make it 37. that's a nasty wrister. 3-2 pass pass lead. new york would score three unanswered to go up 5-3 until ovechkin goes between the legs of the defender and caps within one. in the power play on the third. tom using the screen from the point and tied at five and five minutes later another man backram had his and we have a 12-game streak. they go for 13 tonight against atlanta. >>> college hoops last night. maryland visiting florida state. game tied at in the second half. terps are running. moosly and he had a 18. the sing finishes for the noles. you know he is not passing. high off the glass. terps win 5-2 in the acc now. >>> manning may be the star of the primetime drama but check out the number on drew breeze he had

courtesy of brett haber on that one.t is moving to the northwest and i want go to fairfax and southwestern parts of montgomery county. potomac, you are seeing it here on falls road here, 189. extending in to fairfax county, outside of the beltway. vienna is seeing heavy snow as well and also at times down, not quite chantilly but as we head to fairfax. i want to put this in motion and you can see how the heavier snows have been occurring west of vienna and north of fairfax and annandale right now. let's go to the weather computer. we have somes, not just the winter storm warnings in affect for four to eight inches of snow today but the winds are a problem. winds are blowing and blizzard warnings in the pink counties go in to affect at 10:00 a.m. we could have gusts over 40 miles an hour. that will cause more problems with the power and other things. let's talk traffic. here's angie goff with more. >> definitely low visibility which is another reason not to hit the roads. good morning. it is 6:31. we begin with 270 here a

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i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports.number one team in their conference. that has never happened before. nor has it happened that they have won 11 gyms in a row and you can check that off the franchise to do list, as well. caps and bruins last night. jose had a win streak in his career and he stood on his head last night 41 saves. kept the caps in the game early and then the offense took over. semins made it 2-1 in the third. and then with the boston goalie yanked that is ovechkin and that is just cherry picking. back hand, empty netter. caps win. longest winning streak in the nhl in eight years. >>> when we talk about the dc united we like to point out they are the most decorated team in the history of major league soccer with four championships but the fact is they have only one in the last 11 years and that is not sitting well with the boys. they opened training with a new coach and a new goaltender and a new commitment after two years of missing the playoffs to getting back in. down in miami yesterday, the human car